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G; W. BURY.

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1,102,470; Patented July-7, 19m

GEORGE W. BURY, OF CLINTON, KENTUCKY.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 7, 19141.

Application filed April 28, 1913. Serial No. 764,235.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE W. BURY, a

citizen of the United States, residing at An object of the present invention is to provide a device formed of a single length of wire to which a cord is secured and the said cord wrapped around a plurality of letters and the said cord adapted to detachably engage a portion of the device to thereby rigidly retain the said letters in position.

A further object is to provide a device formed of a single length of wire to which cord may be wedgedly secured.

/Vith the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter de scribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings accompanying this specification and forming a part thereof, the preferable form of my invention is illustrated, in which Figure 1 is a view in perspective of my improved device with a cord secured thereto, the said cord being passed around a bundle of letters with the end of the cord wedgedly engaged by a portion of the said device. Fig. 2 is a perspective View of the same when detached.

Referring to the drawings in which similar reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, 1 designates a plurality of letters assembled in a bundle and secured in said position by means of the cord 2. In order to provide means whereby the cord 2 may be readily wrapped around the letters 1 to readily hold the same in the form of a bundle and whereby the ends of the cord may be detachably secured in place, a device such as illustrated in Fig. 2 is provided and the same comprises a single length of wire, one

end thereof bent to form the loop 3. The loop provides a broad flat member which rests against the top letter holding the ent1re device against slipping and at the same time provides a thumb engaging portion for the holding of the device in place while'the cord is being wrapped around the bundle, as will be hereinafter more fully described. Extending therefrom is the arm 4, the extremity of which is bent upward as at 4- and upon itself to form the rearwardlyextending arm 5 the intermediate portion of which is struck upward to form the upstanding loop 6. The upper extremity of the loop or knob 6 is enlarged so as to form a head and shank'portion.

The arm 5 extends rearwardly and is coiled around one portion of the loop 3 from which point it is bent forwardly between the two spaced armse and 5 to form the central arm. 7 the extremity of which terminates adjacent the loop connecting the arms 4 and 5 at which point it is bent upwardly as at 8. The wire of which the improved device is formed is preferably formed of resilient metal and the central arm 7 acts in the capacity of a spring to wedgedly' engage the cord between the arms 4 and 5 and beneath the central arm 7.

In the practical application of my improved device, the cord 2 is securely tied to the loop 4- as at 9. The cord is then wrapped a number of times longitudinally about the bundle of letters the exact number being immaterial, it being noted that only one wrapping has been illustrated in the drawings. The cord then passes around the shank of the upstanding loop 6 from which it extends at right angles and wraps one or more times about the letter bundle in a transverse manner, after which the end of the cord 10 passes over the side arms 4: and 5 and the central arm 7 and passes around the shank of the loop 6 for substantially 180 degrees, the extreme end 11 thereof being then inserted below the upstanding end 8 of the central arm and above the two arms 4: and 5. The end 11 is then drawn rearwardly and is wedgedly engaged by reason of the central arm 7 thereabove and the side arms 4 and 5 therebeneath. By

reason of the fact that the cord 10 is first passed about the upstanding loop 6 prior to the insertin of the end beneath the central arm 7 it Wlll be apparent that no matter in what direction a force is exerted upon from being caught and drawn upward which would tend to release the extreme end I 11 of the tying cord. Furthermore the entire device is of simple construction and may be cheaply manufactured. Also by the use of a device such as I have described, the cord may be used to vsecurely tie a number of blundles and thus effect a great saving of core.

Having thus fully described the invention What I claim to be'new and original with me is 1. In a device of the class described, a single length of wire bent to form a loop, an arm extending therefrom, the said arm bent rearwardly upon itself to form two spacedside arms, one of said side armsprovided with a loop portion extending upwardly therefrom, and a central arm carried by and at the extremity of the last mentioned side arms and extending between the two said side arms, the forward end ,ofsaid central arm bent upwardly.

2. In a bundle securing device, a length of wire bent upon itself to form. spaced side arms, an upstanding portion projecting upwardly from the plane of the side arms and carried by one of the'latter intermediate of its ends, and a centrally extending arm carried by the second mentioned of the said side arms and extending therebetween and, with the forward end thereof bent upwardly above the plane of the said side arms.

3. A bundle securing device comprising a length of wire bent to form thumb engaging means, an arm extending therefrom bent upon itself at its remote extremity to form a rearwardly extending side arm spaced a the said side arms and extending there- 1 between and with the end thereof bent above the plane of the said side arms, one of said side arms provided intermediate its ends with an upstanding portion, said loop and said side :arms lying in substantially the same plane.

5. In abundle tying device-the combina tion of a loop, side arms extending therefrom and formed integral therewith, said side arms spaced adistanc'e apart and a central arm formed integral with one of said side arms and extending therebetween with the front end bent above the plane of the side arms, one of' said side arms provided with an upstanding portion, said loop and arms formed of a single piece of resilient wire, and a cord permanently secured tosaid device adapted to extend about and hold in position a bundle, and with the free end of said cord embracing the upstanding portion of the said side arm and with the end thereof extending beneath the central arm and above the side arms.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aiiixed mysignature in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE w. BURY. Witnesses: H

J. B. EVANS, W. J. MCKINNEY.

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